OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21497

facility

/fəˈsɪlɪti/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
facilidades • instalación • material
The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
centro • complejo • establecimiento • factoría • instalación • planta • recinto
A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
facilidad
The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
Clytomachus affirmed, that he could never understand by the writings of Carneades, what opinion he was of. Why hath Epicurus interdicted facility unto his Sectaries?
Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I…
facilidad
Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.
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